DVD & Blu-ray: 1917 (2019) Starring George MacKay

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Product Description: Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to this World War I epic. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

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Oscars 2020: PARASITE Wins Best Picture - The Complete Winners List

The 92nd Annual Academy Awards were handed out Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Once again, the Oscars ceremony went hostless, but the show itself, which clocked in at nearly three hours long, was still a dull mess filled with badly written scripts for the hosts and lackluster musical moments (except for Eminem's long overdue performance of "Lose Yourself").

However, towards the end of the overlong ceremony, something happened that made up for enduring all that mediocrity. In a historical upset, Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" became the first foreign language film to win Best Picture. The film also took home three other major awards: Best Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature.

Heading into the big night, Sam Mendes' one-shot war epic "1917" was the big favorite for top honors, but ended up with just three wins in technical categories: Cinematography (Roger Deakins scored his second win in three years after being nominated 16 times), Visual Effects and Sound Mixing.

Another three films went home with two trophies each. "Joker" won Actor in a Leading Role (Joaquin Phoenix) and Original Score (Hildur Guðnadóttir). "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" nabbed wins for Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt) and Production Design. And the racing biopic "Ford V Ferrari" won for Film Editing and Sound Editing.

The Best Actress award went to Renée Zellweger for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy". Taika Waititi took home the Adapted Screenplay award for his work on "Jojo Rabbit".

Netflix entered the Oscars with 24 Oscar nominations, but went home with just two wins. The streamer walked away with Laura Dern's Supporting Actress win for her performance in "Marriage Story" (the film lost out in the other five categories in which it was nominated), and the Best Documentary award for "American Factory".

Nominated for 10 Oscars, Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" lost out in all categories. The streaming giant's two nominated animated films "I Lost My Body" and "Klaus" both lost to "Toy Story 4", which was one of the night's big surprises.

Elton John won his first Oscar in 25 years for the end-credits song of his own biopic "Rocketman". While he also won for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" from the 1994 "The Lion King", this is his first win shared with his primary lyricist of the last 53 years, Bernie Taupin.

As expcted, the In Memoriam segment this year also left out some notable names. The video segment did not include Luke Perry ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Riverdale"), Sid Haig ("House of 1000 Corpses", "The Devil's Rejects") and film, television and stage actor-writer-comedian Orson Bean. Their names were, however, featured in the online In Memoriam section of the Academy's website.

Read the complete list of 92nd Oscars winners after the jump.

Weekend Box-Office: BIRDS OF PREY Disappoints With $33M Debut

"Birds of Prey" turned out to be a bit of a disappointment at the box-office, as the film underperformed in its opening weekend. Even more surprising since it was the weekend's only new wide release and only had a bunch of holdovers to compete against.

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BAFTA 2020 Winners: The Complete List

The war epic "1917" is unstoppable on its road to the Oscars. The film dominated the 73rd British Academy of Film and Television's Film Awards, winning seven awards out of nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Director (Sam Mendes). While "Joker" received the most nominations (11), it only managed to score 3 three wins for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Original Score (Hildur Guđnadóttir) and the inaugural casting BAFTA award.

"Parasite" won for Original Screenplay, confirming its recent WGA victory, and Film Not in the English Language. Scorsese's "The Irishman" went home empty-handed, even though it went in with a total of 10 nominations.

Read the complete list of 2020 BAFTA awards winners after the jump.

DGA 2020 Awards Winners: The Complete List

The World War I epic "1917" has scored another major victory on its road to the Oscars on Saturday, when director Sam Mendes won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Theatrical Feature Film at the 72nd annual DGA Awards. In the television categories, Bill Hader won his second Comedy Series award for HBO's "Barry", and Jonah Renck won TV Movie/Limited Series for "Chernobyl". Nicole Kassell won in the Dramatic Series category for her episode of "Watchmen".

Read the complete list of DGA 2020 awards winners after the jump.

Weekend Box-Office: BAD BOYS Holds at #1 and Tops $200M Worldwide

"Bad Boys For Life" continues to dominate the box-office and looks primed to become the biggest January release of all time. Meanwhile, the new Guy Ritchie film "The Gentlemen" scored a decent debut, while the supernatural horror film "The Turning" failed to impress.

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PGA 2020 Awards Winners: The Complete List

Sam Mendes' World War I drama "1917" won top honors at the 31st annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night, giving the war epic a significant boost for the coming Oscars. "Toy Story 4" took home the award for Animated Theatrical Motion Picture. In the television categories, the winners include "Succession", "Chernobyl" and "Fleabag".

Read the complete list of 2020 Producers Guild Awards winners after the jump.

Weekend Box-Office: BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Delivers $68M MLK Debut

Sony's "Bad Boys For Life" scored an impressive debut over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, while Universal's family adventure film "Dolittle" performed slightly better than projected, but still ended up flopping.

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Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List

The nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards have been announced. The comic book villain origin story "Joker" leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed by "The Irishman", "1917" and "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" with 10 nods each.

Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" earned six nominations, including Best Picture, the first ever for a South Korean film.

With the help of "The Irishman", "Marriage Story" (6 nods) and "The Two Popes" (3 nods), Netflix scored a total of 24 nominations.

The 92nd Academy Awards will take place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Just like last year, there will be no host for the ceremony.

Read the complete list of 2020 Oscars nominations after the jump.

Weekend Box-Office: 1917 Takes Down STAR WARS With $36.5M Wide Debut

The box-office reign of Skywalker has finally ended, and Universal's award-winning war epic "1917" has topped the charts as it expanded nationwide after two weeks in limited release. The legal drama "Just Mercy" also performed well in its first wide weekend, but the R-rated comedy "Like a Boss" and the sci-fi horror film "Underwater" fell below expectations. Overall it was a decent weekend with the box-office already ahead 7.8% compared to last year.

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In Theaters: 1917, JUST MERCY, UNDERWATER and LIKE A BOSS

Universal's war epic "1917" and Warner Bros' legal drama "Just Mercy" have both been expanded nationwide this weekend, but while the latter is on its way to a modest debut, the former is ready to hit the box-office hard and take down "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker".

Best Picture Golden Globe winner "1917" is off to a great start with $3.25 million from Thursday evening previews. The film is expected to rake in around $35 million this weekend from 3,434 theaters.

"Just Mercy", which has had an unsuccessful award season run, so far, has brought in 800,000 from previews, and the film could finish the weekend with around $9 million from 2,375 theaters.

There are also two new wide releases this week. The first is the horror film "Underwater" starring Kristen Stewart, which brought in $500,000 from Thursday evening previews, and looks on track to score a mediocre $6 million from 2,791 theaters.

The second new release is Paramount's R-rated comedy "Like a Boss" starring Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish and Salma Hayek. The film has delivered $1 million from previews and could end up with a decent $13 million from 3,078 theater in spite of a terrible critical reception.

Synopses, details, critical/audience reception, trailers, and more after the jump.

Directors Guild Awards 2020 Nominees: Complete List

The nominations for the 2020 Directors Guild of America Awards have been announced. The feature-film directors nominated this year are Sam Mendes ("1917"), Martin Scorsese ("The Irishman"), Bong Joon Ho ("Parasite"), Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"), and Taika Waititi ("Jojo Rabbit").

Notable snubs include Todd Phillips ("Joker"), Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story"), and James Mangold ("Ford v Ferrari").

The TV nominations were delayed and not announced at the same time as the rest of the categories because of a re-vote related to a newly implemented electronic entry submissions process. The DGA also announced that an error was made that resulted in Jill Soloway, a previous DGA award winner for her work on "Transparent", being left off the ballot.

The shows nominated this year are "Game of Thrones", "Watchmen", "Succession", "Barry", "Veep" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". The limited series nominees include "Fosse/Verdon", "Chernobyl", "When They See Us", and "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie"

The DGA Awards will be handed out Saturday, January 25, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

Read the complete list of DGA 2020 nominations after the jump.

Sam Mendes' 1917 - Trailers, TV Spots, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"1917" is a war drama directed, co-written and produced by Sam Mendes. The film is based in part on an account told to Mendes by his paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, and it chronicles the story of two young British soldiers during the First World War who are given an impossible mission: to deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldiers' brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.

The ensemble cast features Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Colin Firth, Claire Duburcq, Adrien Scarborough, Jamie Parker and Richard McCabe.

The film has won two Golden Globes this year for Best Picture and Director, and has received nine BAFTA nominations, including Best Film.

"1917" opened in select theaters in the U.S. on December 25, 2019. It will expand nationwide on January 10, 2020, and on the same day it will also be released in the U.K.

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PGA Awards Nominees 2020 (Complete List)

The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Theatrical Motion Pictures nominees include "1917", "Joker", "Knives Out", "Marriage Story", "The Irishman", "Once upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Parasite". In the television category we find the usual suspects like "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Succession", "The Crown", "Fleabag" and "Barry", but also the new HBO show "Watchmen", the only freshman series nominated.

PGA winners will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 18th.

Read the complete list of 2020 Producers Guild Awards nominations after the jump.

BAFTA Film Awards 2020 Nominations: The Complete List

The nominations for the 2020 British Academy of Film and Television's awards have been announced. "Joker" leads the pack with 11 nominations, followed by "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "The Irishman" with 10 nods apiece. Sam Mendes' WWI epic "1917", which recently won big at the Golden Globes, scored nine.

The BAFTAs have included a new category this year for Best Casting, the first introduced by the Academy in two decades. The films nominated in this category are "Joker", "Marriage Story", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "The Personal History of David Copperfield" and "The Two Popes".

The 73rd BAFTA Film Awards will take place at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, February 2nd, and the ceremony will be hosted by talk show personality Graham Norton.

Read the complete list of BAFTA 2020 awards nominations after the jump.

Writers Guild 2020 Nominations: JOKER, PARASITE, 1917, IRISHMAN, KNIVES OUT and More (Complete List)

The nominations for the WGA's 2020 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. The nominees in the feature categories include "1917", "Joker", "The Irishman", "Knives Out", "Booksmart", "Parasite", "Marriage Story", A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" and "Jojo Rabbit". Among the snubbed we find Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"), who is not eligible for the WGA because he is not a member of the guild, and Lulu Wang's "The Farewell", which was also not produced under jurisdiction of WGA or an affiliate guild.

In the television categories the shows nominated this year include "The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale", "Mindhunter", "Succession", "Watchmen", "Veep", "Barry", "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "PEN15", and "Russian Doll".

Read the complete list of 2020 Writers Guild Awards nominees after the jump.

Golden Globes 2020 Winners: The Complete List

The Golden Globes turned out to be a more interesting show this year. Ricky Gervais' return as host went down as expected with lots of sharp stabs at Hollywood and the privileged elites, PC culture, recent scandals and celebrities using awards shows as political platforms. I'll be honest, I would pay money to watch Gervais host the Oscars, but I guess that will never happen. Kudos to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for bringing him back for another go.

As for the awards themselves, there were a few surprises. Perhaps the most unexpected was that the WWI drama "1917" won Best Picture - Drama and Best Director (Sam Mendes), propelling it ahead of Scorsese's "The Irishman" in this awards season. Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" scored three big wins for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay (Tarantino) and Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt).

In the acting categories, Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor - Drama for his incredible performance in "Joker", and Renee Zellweger won Best Actress for playing the iconic Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy". Laura Dern helped "Marriage Story" bring home its only trophy out of six nominations with a Supporting Actress win.

In the television categories, "Succession" scored two wins for Best Drama Series and Actor (Brian Cox), "Chernobyl" won Limited Series and Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgard), and "Fleabag" took home awards for Comedy Series and Actress - Musical or Comedy (Phoebe Waller-Bridge).

Check out the complete list of 77th annual Golden Globe Awards winners after the jump.

New Soundtracks: 1917 (Thomas Newman)

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Composer:
Thomas Newman

Total Time:
77:07

Label:
Sony Classical

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple

Release Date
December 20, 2019

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New Movie Trailers: 1917, MISBEHAVIOUR, EMMA, ANTLERS and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• Acclaimed director Sam Mendes' WWI epic "1917" which has been nominated for three Golden Globes (Best Film, Director and Score). The cast features George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch.
• The British docudrama "Misbehaviour" that focuses on the 1970 Miss World Competition, which took place in London and was one of the most-watched TV events at the time. The film is directed by BAFTA-winning helmer Philippa Lowthorpe ("Call the Midwife", "The Crown"), and it stars Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville and Keeley Hawes.
• The Jane Austen adaptation "Emma" starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O'Connor and Callum Turner.
• The horror movie "Antlers" produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart", "Hostiles"). The cast includes Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, JT Corbitt, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane and Amy Madigan.
• Warner Bros' new DC animated film "Superman: Red Son" featuring the voices of Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Phil Morris, Phil LaMarr and Vanessa Marshall. The film is based on DC's 2003 Elseworlds graphic novel.
• The action thriller "VFW" from cult horror director Joe Begos ("Bliss", "Almost Human"). The film stars Stephen Lang, William Sadler, David Patrick Kelly, Fred Williamson, Martin Kove and George Wendt.

Watch all the new trailers after the jump.

Golden Globes 2020: The Complete Nominations List

The nominations for the 77th Golden Globes have been announced, and if you've been following the awards buzz so far, there are few surprises here. Films like "Joker", "The Irishman", "1917", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Marriage Story" have received a great deal of attention with Best Picture and Best Director nods. Netflix dominates this year's Golden Globes with 34 nominations across the movie and television categories.

Overall, Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story" leads the pack with six nominations, followed by Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" and Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" tied with five each.

In the television categories, "Chernobyl", Unbelievable" and "The Crown" lead with four each, while "Barry", "Succession", "Big Little Lies", "Fleabag", "Fosse/Verdon", "The Kominsky Method" and "The Morning Show" scored three nods a piece.

The Golden Globe awards winners will be revealed on January 5 live from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, and the show will once again be hosted by Ricky Gervais.

Check out the complete list of Golden Globes 2020 nominations.